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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Naikangese Civil War
| partof            = the [[Era of Civil Wars]] and the [[Riamese Empire|collapse of the Riamese Empire]]
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* [[Naikanghi Ashang|Ashang]] soldiers in action  {{circa|1957}}.
* [[State of Naikang Army|State of Naikang]] troops attacking an Ashang position, 1958.
* Naikangese troops capturing Ashang guerillas.
* Ashang troops being briefed prior to an engagement.
* Naikangese troops and a [[Riamo|Riamese]] advisor inspect a downed Riamese helicopter.
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| date              = 7 March 1956 – 27 August 1971<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=03|day1=7|year1=1956|month2=08|day2=27|year2=1971}})
| place             = [[Naikang]]
| territory         = Federalisation of the country into the [[Naikang|Republic of Naikang]].
| result            = Stalemate; [[Naikanghi Ashang|Ashang]] strategic victory.
* [[Treaty of Bano]]
* Disarmament of the Ashang
* [[Hundred Names Agreement|Exchange]] of some war criminals from each side for punishment, though some of the names from both sides were never acknowledged.
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{{flagicon image|Naikanghi Ashang flag.png|size=22px}} [[Naikanghi Ashang|Ashang]]
* [[Union Party (Naikang)|Union Party]]
* [[Communist Party of Naikang|Communist Party]]
* [[Naikanghi Qunere|Qunere]]

'''Diplomatic support'''
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{{flagicon image|1950-1963 State of Naikang Flag.png|size=22px}}/{{flagicon image|1963-1971 State of Naikang Flag.png|size=22px}} [[State of Naikang|Naikang]]
* {{flagicon image|Blue Lotus Party flag.png|size=22px}} [[Blue Lotus Party|Blue Lotus]]
* [[Thunder Dragon Party|Thunder Dragon]]
* Myacha Legion
{{flag|Riamo}} <small>(1956–1965)</small>

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* {{flagicon image|1950-1963 State of Naikang Flag.png|size=22px}} [[Gha Iangsu]]
* {{flagicon image|1950-1963 State of Naikang Flag.png|size=22px}} [[Cheq Iangsu]]
* {{flagicon image|1963-1971 State of Naikang Flag.png|size=22px}} [[Vang Teihgung]]
* {{flagicon image|1963-1971 State of Naikang Flag.png|size=22px}} [[Gheu Zinzai]]
* ''...{{Nbsp}}[[Leaders of the Naikanghi Civil War#Pro-State|and others]]''
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* {{flagicon image|Naikanghi Ashang flag.png|size=22px}} [[Gvu Nge Na]]
* {{flagicon image|Naikanghi Ashang flag.png|size=22px}} [[Si Ke Hi]]
* {{flagicon image|Naikanghi Ashang flag.png|size=22px}} [[Xa Cho Ke]]
* ''...{{Nbsp}}[[Leaders of the Naikanghi Civil War#Anti-State|and others]]''
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The '''Naikangese Civil War''' (also known by [[Naikangese Civil War#Names|other names]]) was a conflict in [[Naikang]] from 7 March 1956 to the [[Treaty of Bano]] in August 1971. The war was fought between the [[State of Naikang]] (with critical support from [[Riamo]]) and the [[Naikanghi Ashang|Ashang]], with supporting groups on both sides. The war was one of the first wars in the [[Gulf of Kouma]] to be widely publicised, with film, news and photographic sources spread throughout [[Anteria]]. 

With the victory of the [[Nationalism in Naikang#History|nationalist movement]] in the nonviolent [[Lotus Revolution]], led by the [[Chengsheng|Chengshengese]] [[Blue Lotus Party]], the State of Naikang became an independent nation in the region, though very soon the Blue Lotus Party established themselves as a {{wp|Dominant-party system|dominant party}} in the fledgeling nation. The Naikanghi Ashang, a political group that had advocated (unsuccessfully) for a wide range of policies for guaranteeing independence for the Naikanghi people, argued for the rights of the [[Naikanghi people|Naikanghi]] minority within the country, and in the wake of the [[1956 Naikangese legislative election|1956 elections]], when anti-Naikanghi corruption was seen as highest, the Ashang declared war on the State. 

The following years were marked by increasing authoritarianism within the State of Naikang, as well as numerous human rights violations, acts of genocide and/or brutal massacres. Just over a year after war was declared, General [[Cheq Iangsu]] took over the state as its [[President of Naikang|president]], passing an [[Emergency Powers Act 1953|emergency powers act]] to ensure his continued rule over the country. Beginning in September 1963, [[Gheu Zinzai]] took over the country in [[Naikangese transition to democracy|a period of democratisation]], and formally disbanded the Blue Lotus party, aiming for unity at any cost, even reconciliation with the Ashang. This period saw a gradual decrease in outright fighting, as well as a warming of relations. From 13 June 1971, the [[Bano Peace Conference]] was held to determine the future of a Naikangese nation, with conciliations for each side. Eventually, the current [[Naikang|federal]] situation was adopted, and on 27 August, the [[Treaty of Bano]] was signed, bringing an end to the war. 

The war's end led to some major demographic shifts, with many ethnic Naikanghi and Chengshengese moving away from areas with a majority of the other ethnicity. The [[Reconciliation after the Naikangese Civil War|reconciliation period]] after the war saw changes in laws that aimed to minimise [[Nationalism in Naikang|ethnic nationalism]] and promote unity for the whole country. 

==Names==
Various names have been used for the war. The term ''Naikangese Civil War'' is most common in {{wp|English language|Common}}, and is thus a common term in [[Riamo]], where most of the international effects of the war were felt. Many veterans of the conflict from Riamo simply refer to it as ''Naikang'' or '''Kang''. In Chengshengese and [[Myacha language|Myacha]], the common term for the war is the ''Ashang War''. In [[Naichinese languages|Naichinese]], the war is commonly referred to as the ''Resistance War'', the ''Resistance'' or the ''Second Independence Struggle''. The official name promoted by the federal government in Naikang is ''the War of 1956''.

==Background==
The primary military organisations involved with the war were the [[State of Naikang Armed Forces]], with support from the armed forces of [[Riamo]] as well as [[Myacha involvement in the Naikangese Civil War|Myacha paramilitaries]], all of whom fought against the [[Naikanghi Ashang]] (commonly referred to as the Ashang), a union of various [[Naikanghi people|Naikanghi]]-majority political and military groups. 

Naikang had been a Riamese colony prior to its eventual independence. The [[Great War (Anteria)|Great War]] saw Riamo defeated, and much of its colonial empire stripped away. With difficulty controlling the remaining portions of the Empire, the [[Nai Kang Independence Front]] (NKIF), headed by the [[Blue Lotus Party]], began engaging in acts of civil disobedience and political pressure against the colonial government. Some time later, seeing the successes of the NKIF, numerous Naikanghi parties unified to create the Ashang, aiming to put more direct pressure on the colonial government, engaging in small-scale acts of violence and sabotage in order to advocate for the rights of the Naikanghi. While nominally on the same side during the struggle for independence, relations between the NKIF and the Ashang were known to be icy. There were political differences between the groups - the NKIF was largely right wing, and while the Ashang held some centre-right groups within its organisational structure, it skewed far more often to the left - though the main issues came down to the construction of a post-independence state. Members of the NKIF wanted to essentially transform the Riamese colony directly into an independent, unitary state, while the various organisations of the Ashang argued for solutions ranging from {{wp|Devolution|devolution}} of government or a fully-fledged {{wp|federation|federal system}} to independence for the Naikanghi portions of the country. There were also issues of racism between the groups. While the two groups never fully came to blows during this period, it was no secret that the Chengshengese saw the Naikanghi as backward savages, while the Naikanghi saw the Chengshengese as historical and continual oppressors. 

This state of division only widened when the Riamese government announced a [[Tatchossey Conference|conference]] in the city of [[Tachusi|Tatchossey]], with the rules for attendance being that individuals attending must not represent any group that has recently encouraged violence against the Riamese colony. The preceding period of [[Lotus Revolution|peaceful protest and political demonstration]] conducted by the NKIF proved sufficient to the conference's organisers to permit the NKIF a seat at the table, while the only sanctioned Naikanghi representation were some independents led by [[Xu Ti Na]], a Naikanghi monk who had long advocated for nonviolent protest. In the second week of the conference, the conservative and nationalist Myacha group, the [[Thunder Dragon Party]], were also permitted to sit at the conference. 
[[File:Xu-Ti-Na.jpg|thumb|left|[[Xu Ti Na]], a [[Naikanghi people|Naikanghi]] {{wp|Buddhism|Buddhist}} monk and one of very few Naikanghi permitted to attend the [[Tatchossey Conference]].]]

The fairness of the Tatchossey Conference has been hotly debated in the conference's aftermath. Most of the conference's attendees highlighted that it was a conference that brought unity to groups which had previously been disparate, and even today, many Chengshengese and Myacha people hold it up as a triumph of ethnic cooperation over mistrust. Among Naikanghi, however, the reaction was almost universally negative. Xu Ti Na's response was among the more positive, with him saying that he felt that "dialogue has occurred which benefits all". However, in a work attributed to him in 1961, he is quoted as having said:

{{quote|[The] conference was a balancing-act. I had been made a representative for all, but there would be those who I could not represent. I had been told that angry people and their angry views were not welcome at Tacusi. I considered it important, then, that I should go, as one who was not angry. I wonder, though, if the fearful men had been made unwelcome too, could I have justified staying?}}

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